Half of the people on our planet suffer from chronic food shortages. Over 80% are families of farmers and farm workers in developing countries who make their living off the land. They live in poverty and lack the training and resources to overcome the challenges of marginal land, adverse weather and socio-economic adversity. The SHARE [...]

Through literacy programs, empowerment training and the arts, NGOs in the favelas of Brazil are providing youth new opportunities and finding sustainable ways to create a more equitable future for a country long divided by poverty and violence. Elan Gepner was one of five grand prize winners in the Pulitzer Center/YouTube 2010 Project: Report contest. [...]